Zeeshan Abdullah, one of the protest’s organizers told a crowd of Muslim immigrants and ethnic Norwegians who filled the small street around Oslo’s only functioning synagogue.

Norway is home to about 1000 Jews as compared to nearly 200,000 Muslims.

The debate over immigration in the country came to the forefront in 2011 when Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people and accused the government and the then-ruling Labour party of facilitating Muslim immigration and adulterating pure Norwegian blood.

However, support for immigration has seen a sharp increase since that attack.

A recent opinion poll found that 77 percent of Norwegians thought immigrants made an important contribution to Norwegian society.